The election of the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) in 2006 represents a significant shift in Bolivia's political landscape, ending a long history of foreign influence and the marginalization of indigenous peoples. Evo Morales, as the first indigenous president, symbolizes this transformative era, highlighting the themes of empowerment and social justice for historically oppressed communities.
Ocean Country is an adventure story, a call to action, and a poetic meditation on the state of the seas. But most importantly it is the story of finding true hope in the midst of one of the greatest crises to face humankind, the rapidly degrading state of our environment. After a near-drowning accident in which she was temporarily paralyzed, Liz Cunningham crisscrosses the globe in an effort to understand the threats to our dazzling but endangered oceans. This intimate account charts her thrilling journey through unexpected encounters with conservationists, fishermen, sea nomads, and scientists in the Mediterranean, Sulawesi, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and Papua, New Guinea.